ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA  Today, the Ron Paul 2008 campaign is calling on
the Nevada State Republican Party to re-examine multiple inconsistencies
in the Nevada Caucus process, and to consider postponing the caucus, which
is scheduled for Saturday, January 19.

The inconsistencies, errors and multiple changes in the rules reek
of playing politics with the what should be a neutral process, said Ron
Paul 2008 campaign manager Lew Moore. The people of Nevada deserve
to know exactly what the rules are and to know that those rules are being
fairly enforced. This has not happened up to this point, and the
caucus appears to be in chaos.

The problem of multiple rule changes is being compounded by other inconsistencies
and errors in the process. Many Nevada Republicans have received
postcards with incorrect information about their caucus location, and the
Nevada GOP website had incorrect caucus locations listed as late as Wednesday,
January 16.

Additionally, one or more county chairs have expressed concerns over
an insufficient number of ballots, and the Ron Paul campaign has heard
reports that rural counties are short of ballots, while Clark County precincts
were given what is regarded as far too many ballots.

The Ron Paul campaign has learned that the Nevada Republican Party has
changed the rules for eligibility requirements for caucusing three times
since January 9. Last summer when the January 19 caucus was set,
the Nevada GOP announced that caucus would be closed and only for Republicans
who had registered by December 19.

On January 10, 2008, a caucus director for the Nevada Republican Party
reversed the earlier policy and anounced a new standard by stating
that any person who asserts that they are a registered Republican in the
precinct but cannot be found in the voter rolls that the Republican party
has, would be able to participate if they signed an affidavit attesting
to the fact that they were a registered Republican. Then, on January
15 the Ron Paul campaign received communication from the state party that
the affidavits would not be used.

However, on January 17 the policy was changed for a third time, as the
state party announced that affidavits would be in use throughout the state,
subject to the discretion of county central committees and chairs.

The Nevada Republican Party is changing the rules from week to week,
and currently the rules will not even be uniform across the state, as eligibility
rules may differ from county to county.

Given the caucus location confusion  with potential caucus participants
not knowing where to go  and the new rule effectively allowing anyone
to get a ballot, the Ron Paul campaign is concerned that the confusion
surrounding the caucus will both disenfranchise voters and make the election
particularly susceptible to vote fraud.